The Worst Hospital in the World, Coming Healthy Home to Death.

I was so seedy and dirty, the Hospital Luis Razetti in Venezuela got the title of the worst hospital in the world, came healthy home died, Nah? Never imagine a picture of a clean, sterile and bacteria-free hospital if we visit this hospital. Because the situation is far different 180 degrees. Not only lack of medical devices, antibiotics, but running out of water, often turning off electricity is a reality condition of the Luis Razetti hospital everyday.

Quoting from nytimes.com, this heartbreaking fact was revealed through photographs of Meridith Kohut, a photographer from The New York Times Online media. He clearly showed how the hospital was. Starting from the deaths of three new-born babies in the morning just because the respirators in the delivery room died from a total power cut from the city.

Doctors can only do help as much as possible, using empty hands to pump air into the lungs for hours. Then when night comes again four newborns die.

Dr. Osleidy Camejo as the Worst Hospital surgeon Luis Razetti said that premature infant death seemed to have become a common sight in this place. Rescue premature babies is difficult and even impossible to be helped because of lack of adequate equipment.

There are only incubators that are half damaged and broken. And if the electricity goes out simultaneously, there is definitely no hope of life to save those poor babies even though we have tried our best with both hands to do manual air pumps.

The infant mortality rate under one month has a 100-fold increase compared to government-owned public hospitals and the maternal mortality rate has increased five-fold. Whereas for general patients who have just had a surgical operation, inevitably have to wait on a mattress that has been covered with blood from many previous patients.

Likewise with the condition of inpatient beds and surgical facilities in the operating room that were never cleaned because the hospital ran out of water and soap. So if there is a surgical operation, surgeons only clean their hands using soda water.

Never expect to get hygienic gloves, clean and sterile rooms from bacteria, fragrant hospitalizations. The worst hospital in the world also does not have X-ray machines, kidney dialysis machines and various other medical equipment for standard patient operating procedures. So there is a unique term given by the community to this hospital, all patients come healthy but return home is confirmed dead.

This is very sad for our hearts, the doctors on duty. Even though everything is not our fault, only facilities and facilities are not supportive, said Dr. Leandro Pérez who served in the emergency unit of Razetti Hospital in Luis Venezuela.

Whereas for other patients such as cancer patients, there is no proper treatment, all must be stopped due to depleted drug supplies. Most of the drugs needed are only available on the black market. The problem of the worst hospital in Venezuela is so complex.

Lack of medical personnel, lack of medicine, children dying of malnutrition while there are no proper inpatient facilities for patients. Hospital halls to be used as inpatient care for patients. Even paper for prescribing and inputting patient data is also rare in this place. Very horrible, dirty and rundown. Like not just a hospital, but more like a corpse ward room on the battlefield.
This terrible condition in the Venezuelan country has indeed dropped sharply after oil prices plunged since January. Because a bankrupt economy automatically affects hospital supplies. In April, the hospital director Luis Razetti, Aquiles Martínez, had to be arrested for being involved in stealing drugs and medical equipment that he managed.

I don't know when the Luis Razetti hospital can release its title as the worst hospital, indented and crowded in the world. Venezuelan President Nicholas Maduro even got involved in this matter and he promised to immediately fix the problems of hospitals in his country. Even so, he also refused help from outside countries to improve the health system that was already in crisis in his country Venezuela.